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  • Granite spires reflecting in calm water while paddling Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota

    South Dakota: Paddling Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills

    A calm morning paddle on Sylvan Lake in South Dakota’s Black Hills revealed a landscape of granite spires, mirror-like water, and quiet reflection. Floating through the still basin of Custer State Park offered a…

  • North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    Our original plan was to canoe in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We would camp by the Little Missouri River and paddle in the park for a different perspective of the landscape and wildlife than…

  • Woman in a canoe on a lake with trees coming out of the water

    North Dakota: Morning on Harmon Lake

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — North Dakota · South Dakota About 23 miles Northwest of Bismarck is Harmon Lake, a 145-acre reservoir set on Otter Creek in North Dakota’s Great Plains. Since a…

  • Limestone cliffs of Kentucky River Palisades line dark green river. Trees and cloudy sky in the background

    Kentucky: Mud and Kentucky River Palisades

    After our adventures in the alpine lakes of Wyoming and Colorado, we headed back East. Stops along the way home included Denver and Topeka for some sightseeing, no paddling. We added Kentucky as a…

  • Lake with a reflection of the trees and tree covered mountains in the background

    Colorado: Peace and Car Trouble at Monarch Lake

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — Wyoming · Colorado On our way back East from Grand Teton and Yellowstone, we stopped in Colorado to continue enjoying the Rocky Mountains. In order to grab a…

  • Woman on a pebble rock shoreline looking across a lake at tall mountains

    Wyoming: Jackson Lake and the Teton Range

    2 Places · 1 Adventure — Wyoming · Colorado After a year and a half of staying home, we knew our 2021 Canoe52 trip needed to be epic. We love Connecticut, but we wanted…

  • Wisconsin: Stakeout on the Flowage

    3 Places · 1 Adventure — Minnesota · Wisconsin · Ohio If there is one thing you can say about Wisconsin, it is remote. The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in upstate Wisconsin blissfully meets this description.…